SUNRISE, Fla. – The Cats are back.

Kicking off their quest for an elusive three-peat, the back-to-back champion Florida Panthers will raise their second straight Stanley Cup banner prior to hosting the Chicago Blackhawks on Opening Night at Amerant Bank Arena on Tuesday at 5 p.m. ET.

“It’s something you look forward to,” forward Anton Lundell said. “I remember last year was probably the most-electric game in my regular season so far. [The ceremony] is something you kind of look back at what you achieved, but it gives you more hunger to do it again.”

Despite locking up three key pending free agents in the offseason in Aaron Ekblad, Brad Marchand and Sam Bennett, the Panthers will still begin the season shorthanded as Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk and Tomas Nosek are all sidelined b

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